aterenin/right-click-external-app

An Atom package to right click and open files in external app

right-click-external-app

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Adds a right click menu option to open any file in the system's default external app.

right-click-external-app's Issues

Uncaught TypeError: shell.openItem is not a function

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Atom: 1.56.0 x64
Electron: 9.4.4
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Education
Thrown From: right-click-external-app package 1.0.0

Stack Trace

Uncaught TypeError: shell.openItem is not a function

At C:\Users\antoi\.atom\packages\right-click-external-app\lib\right-click-external-app.coffee:13

TypeError: shell.openItem is not a function
    at Object.openFile (/packages/right-click-external-app/lib/right-click-external-app.coffee:13:11)
    at CommandRegistry.handleCommandEvent (~/AppData/Local/atom/app-1.56.0/resources/app/static/<embedded>:11:351740)
    at CommandRegistry.dispatch (~/AppData/Local/atom/app-1.56.0/resources/app/static/<embedded>:11:350215)
    at AtomEnvironment.dispatchContextMenuCommand (~/AppData/Local/atom/app-1.56.0/resources/app/static/<embedded>:1:833422)
    at EventEmitter.t (~/AppData/Local/atom/app-1.56.0/resources/app/static/<embedded>:1:841476)
    at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:223:5)
    at Object.onMessage (electron/js2c/renderer_init.js:115:818)

Commands

     -0:58.8.0 core:move-to-bottom (input.hidden-input)
     -0:12.5.0 core:move-to-top (input.hidden-input)
     -0:07.3.0 right-click-external-app:open (span.name.icon.icon-file-text)

Non-Core Packages

atom-format-lua 0.1.5 
kite 0.204.0 
language-lua-wow 0.2.0 
language-praat 1.5.0 
right-click-external-app 1.0.0 

Excellent.. small request

It works excellent on my Ubuntu 17.10. However, for an image for example, the external is the default viewer, set in the OS.

I would like to open an editor; would a configuration be possible?